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God wants everyone to know him, so all things created teach us something about him.  <ref>{{bgw| Ro 1:20 }} For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: </ref> We don't learn from hands, feet, air and earth by looking at them, but by what God says about them; by the symbols.
God wants everyone to know him, so all things created teach us something about him.  <ref>{{bgw| Ro 1:20 }} For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: </ref> We don't learn from hands, feet, air and earth by looking at them, but by what God says about them; by the symbols.


These are symbols we know from other places:
These are symbols used in the play:


:Hands represent works. <ref>{{bgw|Ps 92:4 }} For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.</ref> <ref>{{bgw| Ps 111:7 }} The works of his hands [are] verity and judgment; all his commandments [are] sure.</ref>
:Hands represent works. <ref>{{bgw|Ps 92:4 }} For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.</ref> <ref>{{bgw| Ps 111:7 }} The works of his hands [are] verity and judgment; all his commandments [are] sure.</ref>
:Feet represent your life. <ref>{{bgw| Eze 33:15 }} [If] the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
:Feet represent your life. <ref>{{bgw| Eze 33:15 }} [If] the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
{{bgw| Joh 8:12 }} Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. </ref>
{{bgw| Joh 8:12 }} Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. </ref>
:Air is the spirit. ''ruach'' רוח - spirit, air, breath
:Earth is the flesh.  Earth, ground ''adamah'' אדמה , man ''adam'' אדם


The flying thing was created to fly or live in the air representing spirit. Instead, it swarms on the earth, symbolizing things that follow the crowd on earth. There is an old saying, "If it is popular, there is something wrong with it. The insects we can eat teach us things we should learn. The animals that creep will list things we shouldn't follow.
The flying things were created to fly or live in the air. They represent characteristics of the spirit. Our spirit is supposed to love God. The ground represents the flesh.
 
:air ''ruach'' רוח - spirit, air, breath
:earth, ground ''adamah'' אדמה - 'man ''adam'' אדם who doesn't understand ה'
:hand ''yod'' יד - 'creation י finished by the son ם'
:foot ''regel'' רדל - 'kill רד the teaching ל' or 'reveal ר the pursuit ג of teaching ל'